On April 16 the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), led by Haryana’s former deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala, nominated Rahul Yadav Fazilpuria as its candidate for the Gurgaon Lok Sabha seat. He will take on five-time MP and BJP stalwart Rao Inderjit Singh.

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Singer-rapper Rahul Yadav (Fazilpuria) to contest from Gurugram
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Gurgaon will vote on May 25 in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections.

Born on April 10, 1990, Fazilpuria completed his B.Tech from a private institute in Gurgaon. He comes from a business family and was known for taking keen interest in singing and acting.

A singer, rapper and lyricist, over the years, Fazilpuria has released several hit songs and albums in different languages, including Hindi and Haryanvi. His hits include Masti Mai, Billo Rani and High Rated Gabru. He also composed music for several Bollywood films, including Khamoshiyan and Mastizaade.

He is also known for his flamboyant lifestyle; he moves around in a Hummer and a Lamborghini, rides a Harley Davidson and wears gold-studded Rolex watches and heavy gold chains. Besides the fame, he has also got involved in controversies.

Elvish Yadav snake venom case

In November, when 2023 Bigg Boss OTT winner Elvish Yadav was booked over a rave party that involved the use of snake venom, he claimed that the snakes had been arranged by Fazilpuria.

However, Fazilpuria rejected Yadav’s claims and denied any involvement in the rave party but mentioned that the snakes had been arranged by his production team “only for a video shoot”.

Although Yadav got bail in the snake venom case, the Gurgaon police registered another case on March 30 against him and named Fazilpuria also among the accused.

The police were acting on a Gurgaon court’s directions to register an FIR following a petition filed by animal rights activist Saurabh Gupta. Gupta had approached the court with a video that featured Yadav at Earth Iconic Mall in Gurgaon’s sector 71 last year.

Gupta, who works with Maneka Gandhi’s People for Animals organisation, alleged in his petition that the Big Boss OTT2 winner and 50 others were seen using various snakes prohibited under the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 in a viral music video. The petitioner claimed the video was recorded in a mall and that all the individuals were engaged in other unlawful activities as well.

Both Yadav and Fazilpuria were booked under sections 294 (obscene acts and songs) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code, Section 11 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and Section 51 of the Wildlife Protection Act for illegally featuring snakes and using abusive language during the filming of the song 32-bore sung by Fazilpuria and starring Elvish Yadav. The FIR was registered at the Badshahpur police station in Gurgaon.

Talking about his association with the JJP, a senior party leader said, “Fazilpuria is a youth icon. Due to his popularity among the youth and involvement in several social works, he first came in touch with the party’s senior leader Digvijay Chautala and eventually joined the JJP in 2020. Ever since, he has been associated with the JJP. He has a keen interest in politics and the party’s youth-welfare programmes.”